ONLINE WOrkshopHow to Write a Page Turner: Heat, Heart, and Hooks
With Lior Torenberg
📍 WhereZoom
🕒 WHENFriday, 3/20/26
12PM - 2PM ET
💲 HOW MUCH$79
($59 Early Bird)
About the Workshop
What makes a book truly unputdownable? In this 2-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to infuse your story with heat, heart, and emotion-packed hooks — the core ingredients that make readers lean forward, agents take notice, and editors say yes.
We’ll focus on elements of narrative propulsion, from story shape and pacing to conflict, urgency, and emotional payoff. Whether you’re drafting a new manuscript or revising an existing one, you’ll come away with a sharper understanding of how to write a genuine page turner.
Course Takeaways
Understand how to write a page turner and learn how to apply pacing, tension, and stakes to create momentum that keeps readers flipping to the next page.
Diagnose what isn’t working in your draft so you can revise with clarity and intention, turning flat scenes into propulsive storytelling.
Balance heat, heart, and craft to write fiction that moves fast, feels deep, and stays with readers long after they’ve turned the final page.
Who is this class for?
This workshop is for fiction writers at any level who want to understand what makes stories feel propulsive, whether you’re drafting something new or revising an existing manuscript.
Class Structure
During this 2-hour workshop, we’ll:
Dive into a focused craft lesson on the elements of a page turner
Review sample readings and discuss what makes them work on a craft level
Have guided discussions to put page-turner concepts into practice
Unable to attend the live session? You'll have life-time access to the recording.
Meet Your Instructor
Lior Torenberg is the author of the debut fiction novel Just Watch Me, recently published by Simon & Schuster in January 2026. Just Watch Me has also been published in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany.
Her writing has appeared in literary publications like One Story, MAYDAY, december Magazine, Glassworks, and more. She received her Masters in Creative Writing from New York University and is an alumni of the Lighthouse Book Project.
Testimonials from Lior’s Editing Clients
Marina Lucas, @authormarinalucas
Lior was amazing. She cared about my story, and my world, and honored it with her suggestions on ways to improve upon it. She also did a great job putting my worries at ease about the process and tailoring my coaching to fit my current needs.
Isaias Rapan, @callmebyisa
OMGGGGGG I never signed up for a workshop so quickly!!!!!! Lior was my first editor ever and she made the experience amazing. She's so smart and sweet, I'm so excited for her book and she really is such a great teacher!
Jordana D.
Lior is an absolute dream to work with! She’s sharp, insightful, and kind. From plot to stakes to characterization, her recommendations are always smart and actionable. I’m deeply grateful for the clarity she brings as a book coach and mentor. She’s a true gift to any aspiring author.